Monday, 28 November 2016

Any show with the combined brutal talents of Anxiety, Kaspar Hauser and Hard Left is a Saturday night show if ever I saw one. Despite being on a Sunday night, all three groups whipped up a storm

and amply rewarded the hardy souls who were in attendance. Unfortunately, I dropped my pen into the dark recesses of The 13th Note so was unable to write down what I played but what made it from my little 7" box to the decks was as follows but I can't vouch for the order being accurate:

Saturday, 19 November 2016

Glaswegians! There's a rare chance to witness Hard Left's oppositional '77 punk barrage downstairs in The 13th Note a week on Sunday. Come along and pay your respects to Mike Schulman and Stewart Anderson and thank them profusely for all those incredible Slumberland Recordsand555 Recordings/Emotional Responsereleases that have illuminated the last quarter century. Two of Glasgow's most abrasive and exhilarating groups will be sharing the bill with them: Kaspar Hauser and Anxiety. Between the mayhem, I'll be playing some records and endeavouring not to kill the vibe. It'll be ferocious but that seems like a suitable response to how 2016 has panned out.

Thursday, 3 November 2016

Paul Messis's Market Square Recordings has, for Not Unloved's money, released some of the most consistently enjoyable singles of recent years. Its latest missive is a fantastic four-tracker of prickly, but adorable when you get to know it, post-punk by Brighton's The Sticks. It's good to have The Sticks back on vinyl. I'd assumed them defunct as a few years have passed since I bought their M'Lady's Records singleand their name hasn't cropped up all too much since. Any of the tracks on "No Sustain e.p." would hold its own among the myriad astute picks on Dynamite Hemorrhage or Futures and Pastsplaylists. Those with a fondness for The Fire Engines, The Pheromoans and groups of that ilk should enjoy pulling awkward Anglepoise lamp-style shapes to The Sticks. MSR 14 is released in an edition of only 300 so swift purchasing action is in order!